发
扬
光
大

To develop and promote in Chinese: 发扬光大 (fā yáng guāng dà)

fā yáng guāng dà

to develop and promote

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 發揚光大1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to develop and promote
  2. 2to carry forward
  3. 3to bring to great height of development

Stroke order

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发
扬
光
大

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ㄈㄚ

fā

ㄈ/ fㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄧㄤˊ

yáng

ㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄨㄤ

guāng

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

发扬光大

Simplified

發揚光大

Traditional

Example sentences

See 发扬光大 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我们要把这门老手艺发扬光大。

    wǒ men yào bǎ zhè mén lǎo shǒu yì fā yáng guāng dà。

    We should carry forward and develop this old craft.

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Related words

大

dà

big

发

fā

to send out

光

guāng

light

扬

yáng

to raise

大家

dà jiā

everyone

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

发现

fā xiàn

to notice

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

表扬

biǎo yáng

to praise

出发

chū fā

to set off

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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